Directions for the Use of the First-Aid Kit
Ammonia inhalants |
Break one and inhale for faintness, fainting, or collapse. |
Aspirin, phenacetin, caffeine tablets |
Chew up and swallow 2 tablets every three hours for headache, colds, minor aches, pains, and fever. Maximum of 8 in twenty-four hours. |
Bandage compress, 4″ and 2″ |
Apply as a dressing over wound. DON'T touch part that comes in contact with wound. |
Bandage, gauze, compressed, 2″ |
For securing splints, dressings, etc. |
Code of Federal Regulations
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Bandage, triangular, compressed |
Use as arm sling, tourniquet, or for retaining splints or dressings in place. |
Burn dressing |
The petrolatum gauze bandage is applied in at least two layers over the burned surface and an area extending 2″ beyond it. The first dressing should be allowed to remain in place, changing only the outer, dry bandage as needed, for at least 10 days unless signs of infection develop after several days, in which case the dressing should be removed and the burn treated as an infected wound. Watch for blueness or coldness of the skin beyond the dressing and loosen the dressing if they appear. |
Compress, adhesive, 1″ |
Apply as dressing over small wounds. DON'T touch part that comes in contact with wound. |
Eye patch |
Apply as dressing over inflamed or injured eye. |
Forceps |
Use to remove splinters or foreign bodies. Don't dig. |
Ophthalmic ointment |
Apply in space formed by pulling lower eyelid down, once daily for inflamed or injured eyes. Don't touch eyeball with tube. |
Splint, wire |
Pad with gauze and mold to member to immobilize broken bones. Hold in place with bandage. Do not attempt to set the bone. |
Tincture of iodine, mild |
Remove protective sleeve, crush tube and apply swab end. DON'T use in or around eyes. |
Tourniquet |
For control of hemorrhage. Loosen for a few seconds every 15 minutes. |